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szerintem elhalnak továbbra is a bridge gumik, ezek csak időmérők voltak, azt meg tudjuk hogy abban jók.
mindegy, én nem látom sajna egyik futamot se
remélem felkerül az angol kommentátoros verzió netre......egy fecske nem csinál nyarat, viszont egy hülye százat csinál...
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Ryder Notes: Okay, Start Panicing Now
by jules ryder, on the ground at jerez
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Blimey, who'd have thought it? Bridgestone all over the front row, Ducati first and second and Kawasaki third. Yamaha's top rider was Valentino Rossi, no surprises there, but the fact he is down in ninth and complaining of an insoluble vibration problem.
Valentino doesn't use the word chatter. It became worse with the qualifier so he couldn't take advantage of the potential of the sticky rubber. Valentino refused to blame an early crash in the qualifying session for his problems saying that his second bike is just as good as the number one. There is also a traction issue, but Vale thinks his crew can sort that out overnight.
Maybe the Ducatis aren't a surprise, they had the top two spots here in 2002 with Capirossi and Bayliss. This time it's Loris and the team's new boy Sete Gibernau who says he's pleasantly surprised and is still 'fighting himself' rather than anyone else on the track.
No Hondas on the front row? That's the first time that's happened since Misano '93. Nicky is HRC's top man in 4th and also Michelin's top man.
Shinya Nakano's front row is first for Kawasaki since Sepang 2004.
This is the first time ever that Bridgestone have filled the front row.
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#2124
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ezzel a kérdéssel f1 topicban foglalkozz ha lehet
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Cracking MotoGP Season-Opener In Spain
Pedrosa Pushes Capirex All The Way
by toby hirst
Sunday, March 26, 2006
Ducati Marlboro's Loris Capirossi has won the season opening Spanish Grand Prix in style after 27 action packed laps at the circuit of Jerez.
The Desmosedici looked on rails for much of the race, but Capirossi had to contend with a storming performance from class rookie, Dani Pedrosa -- racing in front of his home crowd.
It was a thriller from the start with Valentino Rossi being hit from behind by the Fortuna Honda of Toni Elias at the first corner from the lights, sending the Italian maestro scuttling down the tarmac.
The Doctor re-mounted the factory YZR-M1 after punching the air with anger, and re-joined the race over 50 seconds down on the rest of the field, with Capirossi, Gibernau, Hayden and Melandri away at the front.
Sete Gibernau appeared to come into contact with Hayden on Lap three, and the Spaniard was forced into an early retirement whilst Dani Pedrosa was storming through the field.
Capirossi led from Hayden until Pedrosa put a strong move on the American which saw the crowd enter the realms of delirium as the works V5 of young Dani set off in pursuit of race leader, Capirossi.
With Rossi trying to play catch-up, and with Hayden and Melandri locked in a battle for the final podium position, it was left to Capirossi and Pedrosa to fight it out for the win.
The HRC superstar managed to pull up on the rear of Capirossi after 17 laps after setting a blistering set of lap times as he hunted down the factory Ducati pilot. Pedrosa attempted a pass for the lead at the end of lap 18, but the experience of Capirossi allowed the diminutive Italian to fend off the double 250cc World Champion.
Melandri was passed for fourth by team-mate Elias, who appeared none the worse for his first corner collision with Rossi, and Elias then caught Hayden leaving the pair stuck together like glue, wheel to wheel for third.
As the race progressed towards it's climax, Capirossi finally broke Pedrosa's charge, and the veteran pulled away inside the final three laps with Pedrosa looking tired on his debut with the 990cc machine.
Capirossi eventually took the flag over three seconds ahead of Honda's new wonderkid, but Pedrosa has certainly sent a clear message out to his opposition that he isn't just in the series to learn this year -- he wants to win.
An ecstatic Ducati team celebrated in pit-lane, Capirossi was overcome with emotion, and to tidy things up, Hayden just managed to hang onto the final rostrum position, 0.139 seconds the gap between the pair.
As for the rest of team America, Kenny Roberts Junior finished in eighth, just over half a minute back of the race winner on the KR211V, with Suzuki's John Hopkins right behind him in ninth.
Colin Edwards struggled to 11th on the factory Yamaha, with Rossi finally limping home in 14th more than a minute in arrears of Capirossi.
The Spanish crowd were fired up by Pedrosa's performance and started the party trackside by singing to the factory Honda gunslinger. The beer will be flowing tonight in Jerez town, as it will back in Bologna as the Ducatisti celebrate Capirossi's victory.
Capirossi was fast all weekend, took the pole, the fastest race lap (1:41.248) and the race win for the scarlet bullets, and for Bridgestone.
We have two weeks to draw our breath before the series returns to action at the Losail circuit in Qatar on April 8th.
It has certainly set the cat amongst the pigeons for Rossi to come away empty handed, and the challenge is on for Camel Yamaha to bounce back in the desert heat. The Doctor needs a check-up and it sure makes for an exciting season for Rossi to be chasing back points.
Game on.
Press releases to follow.
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ez alapján pedrosa debüt versenyén nagy győztesnek számít szerintem....egy fecske nem csinál nyarat, viszont egy hülye százat csinál...
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Ryder Notes: I Wasn't Expecting That
by jules ryder, on the ground at jerez
Sunday, March 26, 2006
How much of Valentino Rossi's vibration problems were sandbagging? Would he really be able to fight for the rostrum as he and his team thought? We'll never know because after getting a flying start from the outside of the third row, Valentino Rossi had his rear wheel taken out from under him by Toni Elias--who'd found himself on the inside of Turn One with nowhere to go.
Rossi was the only rider to hit the tarmac but a big chunk of the field had their progress seriously disrupted. After a few seconds' gesturing Valentino picked his bike up and set off after the field with twisted 'bars, bent brake lever and right footrest, and an inoperable brake lever. He explained the delay by saying that when he crashes he usually trashes the bike so it took a while to think about getting going again. LOL
Just to make Camel Yamaha's day, Colin Edwards was forced onto the grass in the same incident.
Poor Sete Gibernau started the race strongly with his team mate and finished the first lap in third place - and then the electrics in his quick shifter decided to go on strike. I don't think he expected to start 2006 as he finished '05 - with a mechanical failure.
Over the last two years, race times have dropped like stones in a high-speed lift, yet today's race was 15 seconds slower than last year and no-one is exactly sure why. Certainly the relatively slow pace adds weight to Rossi's assertion that he would have been able to battle with Nicky Hayden for the final rostrum position.
It may also have helped the amazing Dani Pedrosa finish second in his first MotoGP race. He didn't just finish second, he pushed Loris Capirossi all the way and looked like a veteran MotoGP rider, picking the bike up early coming out of corners and firing it out on the fat part of the tire. He got to within half-a-second of Loris a few laps from home but with six to go the Italian pushed again and three laps later Pedrosa was beaten. Nevertheless, he became the first rider in the top class to get a rostrum finish on his debut since both Biaggi and Haga at Suzuka in 1998.
Rossi said he wasn't impressed by Pedrosa because ''I knew he was fast.'
The other class rookie who embarrassed a few regulars was Casey Stoner, who came home sixth despite having missed the last two Winter tests.
The one thing everyone, including Rossi, was agreed on was that Loris Capirossi had things under control all weekend. Last year he went from victories at Motegi and Sepang to Qatar and had a disaster in the race when his Bridgestones refused to work. In two weeks MotoGP moves back to the Middle East and we'll find out if Bridgestone can do the same job there. Valentino, for once, finds himself playing catch up not doing as escape act.
Jerry Burgess, as usual, had a novel take on the situation: ''This is where I thought we'd end up after the first race of 2004,'' - a reference to Valentino's first race on the M1 which he won.
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erre mit lehetne mondani, kérem kapcsojja ki....
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This may well be the best racer autobiography of all time.
Valentino Rossi's 2005 autobiography is the viewpoint from the man many consider the greatest motorcycle racer of all time.
Written first person in '05 Rossi's story of his life and controversial swap from Honda to Yamaha in '05 is a worthy record of Rossi's life. Moreover, it contains a plethora of entertaining stories and statements from Rossi.
Hardcover, 288 pages, includes 33 color photos.
From the publisher:
What If I had Never Tried It is the first autobiography of arguably the world's greatest motorcycle road racing champion, Valentino Rossi. Certainly he is the greatest in modern times and similarly the best loved. This is the official, personal story: fast paced yet insightful.
Rossi's record in the motorcycle road racing World Championship is supreme. First in the ultra-competitive 125 class starting in 1996; then in the 250 class only to graduate shortly thereafter to the big league of the 500s. In 2002 the premier class switched direction moving from 500 cc two-strokes to 990 cc four-strokes from then on to be known as MotoGP. Rossi rides for Honda and wins. He wins on a Honda the next year and then switches to Yamaha, to every race fans' surprise, and wins against all odds. He wins again in 2005. No one is close. No one is faster. And all at speeds which approach 200 mph.
Both on and off-track, on the ubiquitous TV screen or walking in the street, Rossi is idolized as though he were a rock star. From his native Italy to California, from Philips Island to Laguna Seca, he has raised the limits, reshaped the frontiers of the sport and set new trends. Rossi has become the 21st Century face of motorcycle road racing. Yet he remains faithful to himself?one moment the intelligent, articulate interviewee; the next a jokester; the next the single-minded, focused, strategic racer with split-second skills the rest of us can only dream of.
Rossi autobiography: $15 plus $6 shipping (US only).![[kép]](http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/archive/thumb220triedit.jpg "[kép]")
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MotoGP: $500 Million?!
by dean adams
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Press reports have it that CVC Capital Partners, which owns Dorna, will get roughly $500 million US when they sell off Dorna as part of their court-ordered break up as they swoop into F1.
While it's tough to track who made out the best in their acquisition and sale of GP's promotional rights; CVC only paid $50 million for Dorna in the late 1990s (the FIM still owns the series, presumably).
Dorna execs will no doubt make a play to purchase themselves from CVC but whether they can raise half a billion dollars US for a series with a star rider whose future is uncertain (question, which is bigger, MotoGP as a whole or Valentino Rossi?) is very questionable.
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nekem szerencsére műholdam van, így van angol eurosportom.
figy ha feltudsz rakni egy parabolát, akkor nem nagy befektetés az egész...
komplett antenna, lnb, tartó, beltéri, szóval teljes alap cuccot vehetsz szarért-hugyért, szinte utánad vágják csomagban, sőt digitálisat is. és akkor van randy, julian, toby és ezzel a két pöccsel nem kell foglalkoznod! hidd el az első futam után azt mondod hogy naná hogy megérte!
motorteljesítmény: azt mondta a randy hogy a hondát nem nagyon fogják tudni megfogni motorteljesítmnyben, mert ehhez v5-öt kéne építeniük a többieknek, ebben a konstrukcióban van az igazi póver. ezek után nem igazán értem amúgy a v3 honda prjoketet, annyival nem lesz az könnyebb hogy pótolja a hiányzó lovakat...egy fecske nem csinál nyarat, viszont egy hülye százat csinál...
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MotoGP Qualifying Report: Stoner Stuns In Qatar
Can The Kid Really Pull It Off?
by toby hirst
Friday, April 07, 2006
The MotoGP paddock was left stunned today as LCR Honda's Casey Stoner landed his first premier class pole position in only his second Grand Prix on the customer RC211V machine.
Lucio Cecchinello's rookie rider recorded an outright lap record along the way at the 3.343-mile Losail International Circuit, and nobody could touch the Aussie who Jeremy Burgess put forward (prior to the start of the season) as the man who could move from 250cc and make an instant impact.
Burgess has been proven correct (again) and Stoner's superb pole lap put the rest of the elite class in the shade, and all this from a man that missed most of the winter testing programme with an injury.
The session began slowly with Capirossi the first to record a respectable lap-time with just a few minutes of the session run, a 1:57.391 the marker laid down by the works Ducati man.
With six minutes having elapsed, Stoner started his charge for the pole by demoting Capirossi to second by four tenths of a second, before Capirex once again topped the timing sheets.
After ten minutes, Capirossi, Stoner, Toni Elias, Colin Edwards and an improving Sete Gibernau were the five fastest men on track, Gibernau 0.827 seconds behind his Italian team-mate.
The session continued to progress slowly, with no major moves in position on the leaderboard. Valentino Rossi was languishing down in tenth place, although Camel Yamaha counterpart Edwards moved up to third position with 15 minutes gone.
With 38 minutes remaining, #65 cemented his provisional pole, 1:56.187 the time, Gibernau moving into fifth spot before Nick Hayden stole that position just a few seconds later.
It was a stale-mate at the sharp end for much of the next 17 minutes, until Valentino Rossi finally made his mark on the session by moving onto the front row on his 16th lap, 0.348 seconds back of Capirossi.
The session sprang in to life with 19 minutes remaining when Sete Gibernau made it a Ducati factory one-two, the Spaniard 0.110 seconds back of the Spanish GP winner, with Rossi in pit-lane having the first of his qualifying tires fitted into the back of the factory YZR-M1.
Into the final 15 minutes then, and Capirossi confirmed his pole form with a new lap record of 1:56.102, with another young hotshot, Toni Elias, moving up to fourth place 0.387 seconds back of Loris.
Nick Hayden slung in a qualifier with 11 minutes on the clock, with Kenny Junior following suit aboard the KR211V, but neither made any impact on the close-fought battle at the front.
And, it was with eight minutes left that Stoner set about embarrassing the opposition by crafting a superb lap, putting him on pole by a huge margin of 0.419 seconds, laying the gauntlet for a charging Loris Capirossi.
The final five minutes saw a flurry of fast times, Elias to second, Gibernau to fourth and the qualifying tire war was on. Capirossi was 0.2 seconds up on Stoner at the second intermediate split, but the lap drifted away leaving Loris in second spot; Stoner on the verge of creating a little piece of personal history.
With the flag out, Rossi was not having much luck, the M1 losing vital corner speed, but he did manage to climb to fourth momentarily, before Hayden and Elias rolled the dice one last time. Hayden put the works Honda on the front row, before the Fortuna sponsored customer machine of Elias took the position from the former AMA Superbike champion. Pedrosa climbed to fifth, demoting Rossi to the back of the second row.
Sete Gibernau ended his day in seventh spot, and he was joined on row three by Colin Edwards and Shinya Nakano, Nakano's final lap a stunner after an indifferent practice performance on the ZX-RR Ninja.
Carlos Checa lead the Dunlop charge, and finished in 14th position on the Tech 3 Yamaha.
And, that was that. Stoner sent the desert heat rising, Capirossi gave Bridgestone some hope, Elias looked a real challenger, and Rossi has his work cut out over 22 laps tomorrow.
Just 0.052 seconds covers the front row. So, can Stoner pull off a real coup and win the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar, or will experience show through from the likes of Gibernau, Capirossi, Hayden and 'The Doctor'?
Stay tuned to find out the answer to that question, the race due to get underway at 3pm, local time. It's ON folks, David v's Goliath!!
Press releases to follow.
ENDS...egy fecske nem csinál nyarat, viszont egy hülye százat csinál...
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2002 volt az utsó mikor vincent nyert egymás után kettőt
nem csodálkoznék ha bautista vinné a következő futamot is.
ez a mai meg dög unalom volt, ha eltekintek az utolsó másfél körtől. egyedül gadea kettős előzése volt belső íven nagy dolog
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viszont a suzuki mekkora lebőgés volt megint...
hopkins nem picit volt idegbeteg, még lassítva is leadták ahogy szétrúgta a motorját meg a földhöz verte magát. szerintem ennyit és ebben a formában még a kawa se égette magát
stoner meg elfáradt? mit gondolsz?![[kép]](http://www.origo.hu/i/0604/20060408locatelli3.jpg "[kép]")
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én bevallom akkor röhögtem, mert annyira abszurd volt a látvány
én ilyet még nem láttam. láttam már edvárdzot lánglovagolni, meg rossit csukafejest csinálni, de ez....
amúgy meg borzalmasan sajnálom, nem értem miért nem tud másik csapathoz menni.
de a suzuki is nagy nulla, hogy még mindig nem képes egy normális motort építeni
villoghatnak a gsxr-rel, de ez amit a gp-ben csinálnak, nem lehet ellensúlyozni
kíváncsian várom a cikket majd a juliantól, mit ír majd erről a motorrúgdosásról sbkplaneten
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muhaha, talmácsinál lett volna ekkora szád..... LOL
de hát neked se osztottak túl sok észt.
hopkins egy versenyző, aki teljesen elvan keseredve....egy fecske nem csinál nyarat, viszont egy hülye százat csinál...
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bizony tökig húzta rossi a gázt, nyugodt lehetsz..
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semmi értelme nem volt ennek a 800cc-s szabálynak
ugyanazt csinálják mint az f1-el..
furcsa egyébként, mert szerintem azért hopkins mondjuk simán mehetne tamada csapatához, ha tudna még valami szponzort vinni és mehetne egy v5ön
tamada meg... én nem is értem. majdnem azt mondom, hogy ott hozták az első hibás döntést, hogy a bridgestone győzelmek ellenére micselinre váltottak
pedig ez azért komoly adat lehetett a hrc-nek..
tamada meg idén ahogy olvasom a legjobb feltételekkel indulhat, jó büdzsével, erre a béka segge alatt van, állítólag ez az utolsó éve ha nincsen eredmény
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na pons meg eszembe se jutott
a kérdés hogy a konicaminolta honda pons csapat mennyire lenne reális? mondjuk tamada miatt, mert feltételezem az ő szponzora. pons meg szerintem nem akar tamadával melózni. vagy igen? végülis camel hondánál már nyert nekik futamot. ha ez mehetne, akkor hopper simán beférne másodiknak mellé. csak lövésem sincsen hopkinsnak milyen támogatói vannak....egy fecske nem csinál nyarat, viszont egy hülye százat csinál...
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julian most se hazudtolta meg magát...
Ryder Notes: Rossi Wins, But Under Pressure
by jules ryder, on the ground at qatar
Saturday, April 08, 2006
Valentino Rossi won his first race for six months today (Phillip Island last year) but he had to work to do it. Casey Stoner forced the pace off pole early on and Nicky Hayden kept The Doctor honest in the closing stages.
Actually, he did a lot more than that and indulged in a bout of passing and repassing at successive corners with Rossi before getting him again three laps from the flag. That was a cue for Rossi's final effort, he re-passed Nicky and wasn't headed again despite a final charge from the Kentuckian that got him right on Rossi's rear wheel going into the last lap. A slide too far in the final left of the last lap meant Nicky wasn't quite within range to get back at the Doctor.
Whatever was wrong with the Camel Yamaha, Rossi rode round them. The next Yamaha was Colin Edwards in ninth place, 23 seconds back of his team mate. The Doctor said he didn't run into chatter when the tire wore as he'd expected, so yet again kudos goes to Jerry Burgess and the Camel crew for making Valentino's job easier than it might have been.
Valentino almost seemed more pleased with his fastest lap of the race than the win because 'this shows how well my M1 was working.'
Perhaps the people with most reason to be happy were Bridgestone. Their tires brought the Ducatis home in third and fourth at a track where they'd been an embarrassing 30 seconds behind the winner six months ago. The corporate view was that this result was of more significance than the win in Jerez as, along with Donington, Qatar is their worst track.
If you were looking for a depressed pit, try Suzuki. Thirteen engine failures over the weekend culminated in both bikes throwing their coolant over following riders. John Hopkins, the victim of the majority of the failures was seen on TV giving his bike a good kicking then throwing himself on the ground before getting to give his defenseless GSV a bit more shoe (as they say in South London). beszarás ez a duma
Dunlop, on the other hand, having received a public slagging from Luis d'Antin after qualifying saw their lead man Carlos Checa lapping at the same speed a Colin Edwards in the closing stages. Checa's team were impressed as he was riding with a pinched nerve in his shoulder and while he could ride he would have been unable to wrench the bike about in a dice.
Tech 3's other rider, rookie James Ellison, even managed to pass Tamada (Honda V5, Michelins) to give the French team something to smile about.
This win took Rossi to a total of 54 wins in the top class, level with Mick Doohan.
Only Ago to go, then.
ENDS
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Double disappointment for Rizla Suzuki MotoGP
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP suffered a double setback at the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar as both John Hopkins and Chris Vermeulen were forced to retire early in the race.
Hopkins had made his intentions known in the morning warm-up as he stormed to the fourth quickest time in near gale-force winds. In the 22-lap race he got off to a great start and was soon up to eighth place from his 13th position on the grid. But, as he was rapidly catching the riders in front of him, disaster struck and the 22-year old Anglo American was forced to retire from the race with a cooling system fault.
Vermeulen also made a good start and was starting to close on others riders when he too had to retire from the race with a similar fault to his team-mate.
Today's race was held in very windy conditions with temperatures reaching only 26°c. The second round of the MotoGP World Championship was won by reigning World Champion and last year's winner, Valentino Rossi.
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP will now re-group before the next round of the championship is held at Istanbul in Turkey on Sunday 30th April.
John Hopkins:
''It's a really big shame with what happened to me and Chris - I know that he is as frustrated as I am. I got a great start and I felt extremely good during the first couple of laps and made a lot of passes. I felt like I could have got past the guys in front of me but then the bike gradually lost performance and that was it - it was all over. I am really disappointed, all my team and everyone here at Rizla Suzuki have worked hard all weekend and it's such a shame for all of us that it has happened like this.''
Chris Vermeulen:
''I got a better start than I did at Jerez. I was baulked a bit on the first lap and then I lost a bit of time when another rider crashed. I passed Kenny Roberts Jr and I was up with the group in front of me, but then it looked like John's bike started to leak fluid. This made the track slippery and we all dropped back. I was doing ok and was in the 1 minute 58 seconds lap-time bracket but then I had a problem of some kind and the bike slowed down - I realised how slow it had become when another rider passed me doing about 100kph more than I was! So I just headed for the pits and that was the end of my race. We've all worked hard in Qatar and it was a big disappointment.''
Paul Denning - Team Manager:
''John, Chris and the whole Rizla Suzuki team deserved so much more than this. The effort that the crew and riders have put in this weekend has been incredible. Without going into detail, it has been an extremely difficult weekend. For John in particular today was very disappointing as his bike felt so much better than it had done all weekend. He made a good start and he was sure that he could catch the riders in front of him. Unfortunately, the performance of the bike tapered off to a point where it finally stopped. John was obviously visibly upset and after the weekend that he has had I don't think it would be human not to let some of that frustration out - and nothing more will be said on the subject.
''Chris' bike suffered a similar problem to John's and I know that Suzuki will be working night and day to find out what it is exactly and rectify it - we will certainly have much better days than this.
''I would like to thank Rizla's guests from the Middle East region for attending the event today and despite the result I hope they enjoyed their first taste of MotoGP. We will be working hard for Rizla and all our other sponsors to get some rapid improvements in place for Turkey in three weeks time.''...egy fecske nem csinál nyarat, viszont egy hülye százat csinál...
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Dani Pedrosa (6.): ''Nem könnyű most ezt mondani, de úgy hiszem végezhettem volna előrébb, legalább a negyedik helyen, ha jobb lett volna a rajtom. Problémánk volt a kuplunggal, mint Nicky-nek tegnap amikor a rajtjait gyakorolta. Először azt hittem, hogy a kerekek pörögnek, de valójában a kupplung csúszott. Majd amikor Elias mögött voltam, és mindketten Hopkins-t előztük, a motor olajat szórt fel a sisakrostélyunkra. Elias elvette a gázt, és sok időt vesztettünk az élbolyhoz képest - legalább 3-4 mp-et. Amikor utolértem Melandri-t, nagyot csatáztunk. Nagyon gyors volt a motorom, és meg tudtam őt előzni, de ő annyira későn fékezett! Nem vagyok mérges, de szomorú vagyok mert ma egy jó lehetőséget szalajsztottam el, hogy az élen küzdhessek. Sokat tanultam a verseny alatt, és tudom, hogy olyan jól teljesítettem, ahogy csak tudtam. Bár el vagyok keseredve, de az eddigi két verseny nagyon pozitív volt.''
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kicsit hosszú de érdemes elolvasni
MotoGP: Nick Hayden—Rising Like The Japanese Sun.
In Defense of The Kentucky Kid
by toby hirst
Monday, April 17, 2006
I love reading what the fans have to say, positive or not. We are all entitled to our own opinion. However, there seems to be a slight imbalance with regards to Nick Hayden.
I'm not sure why, but it's baffling.
So, in response to the doubters, here's my take on the man. From rookie to podium owner, to playing the role of David, versus the Grand Prix Goliath, Rossi.
MotoGP is a tough place to ply your trade, so to see Nick Hayden's stock rising of late is a real delight for all the race fans out there. Watching the American finally rise like a phoenix from the Rossi/Burgess ashes at Honda is refreshing, as is seeing Pedrosa, Stoner, Elias et al, performing well.
Hayden rode out of his leathers to finish runner-up to Valentino Rossi in Qatar recording his sixth consecutive podium finish. But, apparently, that still isn't good enough for his detractors.
After two full-seasons in the premier class, the knife-slingers were there at the end of the '04 season, sticking the blade of negative opinion between his shoulder blades. ''Get him out of there'', came the cry from the 'cynic city' residents. Same again following last season. ''Nicky can only win at Laguna'', came the cry.
Apparently, sitting in the golden seat—riding a Repsol sponsored works HRC bike -- should mean instant and prolonged success, multiple victories and a world title, so say the comment mongers. But, that is not realistic, in my view.
When you follow in the footsteps of road racing gods like Mick Doohan (Criville on the Doohan developed bike) and none other than Valentino Rossi, it's no easy ticket. With the stranglehold of HRC politics, no clear development path post-Rossi and Burgess, the Biaggi debacle, and with Gibernau and others gone because of those hard-faced politics, for me, that means the expectation for success is far too great.
Basically, HRC pried Hayden from underneath the nose of Yamaha prior to the 2003 MotoGP season, and Hayden was slung into the melting pot that is a Honda factory ride. He moved from the production based US Superbike series (which he won in 2002) and onto a stage some would say takes a brave man.
When you throw on a Repsol shirt, you don't just turn up at race meetings and stick your feet up in hospitality. Your life changes. You don't just work a ninth-month season, just doing enough to get another contract for the following campaign. You are on call all year round, no rest, and don't you dare forget to crack that corporate smile wherever you go. The Japanese expect nothing less. You are 'their man'.
That is a part of the reason why Rossi debunked to Yamaha; too much control, a stifling atmosphere—not enough room to breath.
Hayden, like others before him, has clocked up tens of thousands of air miles as an HRC employee. The US one week, Japan the next, Australia and Europe—you name it. Bike launches, photo-shoots, personal appearances, promotional gigs, the list goes on.
And, that's not counting actually doing your job, riding MotoGP. Hell, even when you get a week off to fly home for some R&R you are followed by the media to your local motocross track or to the gym for comment, and, before you can blink, you are on another plane, going back to 'work'.
An excuse fest? No, just the reality of life under the microscope at the highest level.
When Hayden entered the elite class, he had to look across the garage at a legend. Valentino Rossi was all conquering, with crew chief extraordinaire Jeremy Burgess in his corner, the Italian riding the latest 'souped-up' (pardon the pun) RC211V, and with full technical support from HRC Japan. Rossi was—and still is—the face of MotoGP.
Hayden was the kid from the countryside, learning to cope with the pressure of the Grand Prix paddock, honing his skills at fronting a manic press corp, and riding (arguably) the finest prototype racing machine ever produced, on highly evolved tires. Still, the expectation from the win hungry came: ''When the hell will Nicky win?''
It's a crazy situation to be in when you are told to get on the sister factory bike and get Rossi's back from the off. It was a learning year for Nick, both on and off track, but many didn't see it like that. He finished a respectable fifth in the world championship order, beaten out by four veterans—Rossi, Gibernau, Biaggi and Capirossi—no mean feat.
Then came 2004. Rossi and Burgess had departed in a shock move to Japanese rivals Yamaha. Rossi had impressed in pre-season with the evolutionary YZR-M1, and HRC (with a big elbow from Repsol) had decided the answer was veteran, Alex Barros.
Not only did that move not work, HRC were lost, the cracks were visible, and it showed. Rossi was winning the war -- and Honda knew it.
Hayden, however, would ride again, and the mighty red machine wanted Rossi's blood. So, when Rossi went and made history by winning in South Africa (laughing into his visor post-race) at the '04 season opener, Hayden was asked the impossible; beat Rossi and take your lead from Barros and Gibernau, who were developing the bike.
A new chassis was introduced, as was the revised inverted swinging arm and engine management electronics. Which rear-linkage suited which rear tire best? Gibernau refused the upgrades at Brno; Barros took them, as he did the new exhaust at the Sachsenring. Not much success followed, and the now infamous 'chatter' was plaguing many. The new bigger footprint from the rear Michelin seemed to perplex the engineers and riders alike, Edwards for one was finding it tough going.
Nick Hayden was playing the support role, trying his own variation on the development theme within his own set-up, concentrating on matching his sliding style with the new tires. The American was struggling, Barros was too, and only Sete Gibernau looked likely to give Honda any hope of a challenge to Rossi and co.
HRC was on the back-foot. Rossi and the Yamaha engineers were schooling their Honda counterparts, whilst Hayden was simply getting his head down, best he could. Still not good enough, though, for the 'want a win posse'.
Politics, yet again, started playing their part. Hayden arrived at Sepang to find half his crew had been sacked, the rumors of Biaggi joining him for '05 were doing the rounds, and Nick had to just get on with it; a quagmire indeed, and gone were the notions that Repsol Honda was the place to be.
He didn't look happy with his surroundings, but in only his second season, he was at least consistent, and his sector times were some of the best on track at many of the circuits. The thing that eluded Nicky was the linking of all of those sectors for an ultimately fast lap time, over a race distance. He finished the year down in eighth place, 117 points scored, with just two podiums to his name -- in Brazil and Germany. You could see his pain.
Gibernau tried his best against Rossi, Biaggi showed flashes of brilliance, Barros gave it his all, but it seemed a little disjointed at Honda. Hayden looked a product of his tools, and he wasn't the only one. The final championship standings don't tell the whole story.
2005 saw change, of sorts, but, again, it didn't help; it only worsened the developmental situation. The enigma that is Max Biaggi arrived at Repsol Honda, and Nick was once again thrown in at the deep end. A clash in pit-lane at the Sepang winter test was the start of an acrimonious relationship between the factory pairing.
It was supposed to be a new dawn for Repsol Honda. Changes in management, the departure of Doohan, Erv in Max's corner, but none of it helped early on in the season.
Just who was developing the bike? Gibernau didn't know. Sete was given assurances he was involved, but the Spaniard seemed unsure. His 2005 season was a disaster. Biaggi's year was laden with moaning and whinging -- issues with his bike and the team.
There was, however, a turn of fortune for Honda as we moved into the second half of the season. The youngsters—Hayden and Melandri—were showing the old guard a thing or two. The future suddenly looked to be in safe hands. The mist finally looked to be clearing, and about time too. Faith in the kids was paying off.
Hayden won at Laguna Seca, the first US GP for a decade. Nicky dominated all weekend, but still faced the mirth of the detractors. Of course he knew the track, what the hell did anyone expect? He's ridden the circuit more times than any of the opposition, Edwards aside.
On the day, the man won the race, not the bike. Rossi does it all the time, but Rossi is a freak of nature. Nicky had his reward; he was 'king for a day'. To be king again, you have to beat Rossi. Not easy, especially when Rossi holds the mental edge over ALL of the riders on the grid.
Even with Hayden and Melandri showing their class, Yamaha were romping away with it, relatively speaking. Rossi, seemingly, was winning at will with Edwards playing back-up, landing Yamaha the constructor's title, Gauloises Yamaha the team trophy, as well as Rossi taking his fifth senior class series win. A clean sweep.
That said, Hayden was winning his own personal battle. Last season ended with Nicky on a charge, four consecutive podiums cementing third place in the championship, just a whisker back of another young gun—Melandri. But, still, Rossi won it by 147 points. Honda may have finished the year with five riders inside the top ten, but so they should with seven bikes on the grid. It was Hayden and Melandri that saved face for HRC.
Although some opinion-heads claim Hayden is nothing more than a Laguna specialist, and not quite the complete package, I say wake-up and take a closer look. If you take the brilliance of Rossi out of the equation, Hayden would arguably have won two of the last six races -- Phillip Island at the back-end of 2005, and in Qatar last time out.
And, even when Rossi didn't win last year, it took almost god-like form from Melandri during the run-in last season to stop the former team-mates—Hayden and Rossi. That's how close #69 was, and is.
2006 has arrived, and the kid is rolling hot. Jerez was a great test, and Nicky passed with flying colors on a bike Honda is pinning its hopes on, for this season anyway. He's got a supremely talented team-mate in Pedrosa, and he needs that.
Piloting what can only be described as a lab-bike in the desert, (Qatar) the performance has to go down as heroic. If Nick can find a competitive set-up for his evo-machine, and find a front and rear tire combination that suits the works Honda, then that elusive second win of his career could be on the cards in Turkey. I wouldn't put it past him.
Going up against Rossi, and beating the man, is as tough a task as the San Francisco 49ers face in winning the Superbowl this season. Just look where the second Yamaha finished in Qatar!
It's the Rossi factor they all have to face, and, at present, Hayden is as close as anybody to putting a chink in the Italian's armor. When Rossi can win a race from adversity like he did at the Losail Circuit, then he truly is the master. That's the mountain all of his rivals face. So to say Hayden is a journeyman only, is utter crap. He's close, and Rossi knows it.
We often get accused of being 'over patriotic', here at 'Soup (although I'm a Brit) but I prefer to believe it's well founded support. Should we single a rider out for praise? Hell yes, why not. This ain't no press release love-in.
Ultimately, if you race for Honda, you know the score—you are owned. But, it takes a big man to loosen the shackles and go impress on track. Nick Hayden is doing just that. Credit where credit is due, no favoritism—he's getting the job done. Its early days in '06 (Rossi down at Jerez) but Repsol Honda lead the team standings and Hayden is second in the rider's championship.
The Kentucky kid has done good and there's more to come. Nick Hayden is rising like the Japanese sun.
Just one more opinion for you to consider:
The Grand Prix of Turkey takes place on April 30th, covered in full, here, on Superbikeplanet.com.
ENDS...egy fecske nem csinál nyarat, viszont egy hülye százat csinál...
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válasz
Face8814
#2211
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világos hogy cseka is már a múlté, ez a dolgok rendje, de szerintem itt most nem a savanyú a szőlő dolog áll fent, pusztán megállapított egy valóságost tényt.
ahogy az is igaz, hogy a yamahánál rossi az egyetlen akivel foglalkoznak.
szóval röviden összefoglalva: vagy rossi vagy, vagy hondán ülsz!
szegény talma megint legjobb hondás, de ez kb semmire se lesz elég, már majdnem egy perc háránya van
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válasz
ragazzo
#2224
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gyenge motor. a honda nem igazán foglalkozik a 125ös kategóriával idén.
azt mondták erre a futamra kapott pár új alkatrészt, de ez nem látszott meg. le mans-ra pedig új vázat fog kapni. meglátjuk mire lesz képes, sokra szerintem nem.
az aprilia gőzhenger nagyon megy, főleg hogy az eddig feleslegese a motogp-be ölt pénzt most csak a két kis kategóriába pumpálják.....egy fecske nem csinál nyarat, viszont egy hülye százat csinál...
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még hogy unalmas a 250...
ilyen gyilkos kőkemény csatát még életemben nem láttam és ez a világ legnagyobb majdnem tömegbaleset 270 környékén..
ha nekem majd kiugrott a szívem a helyéről, akkor de angelisnek meg valszeg valahol a sztratoszférában lehetett a pulzusa, hihetetlen, hogy tudott a motoron maradni.
aoyama nagyot alkotott...egy fecske nem csinál nyarat, viszont egy hülye százat csinál...
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válasz
#70869248
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ja, barbera meg is mondta interjúban, hogy egy deangelis kicsit túllőtt a célon, azért ez nagyon húzós volt....
amúgy látszott is, hogy valami durva lesz, mikor még hátulról mutatták őket fel a kanyarban, két oldalról nyomták, én azt hittem hogy deangelis lerepül a pályáról, aztán meg keresztbe megy mint az állat..
talmán szerintem se múlik most semmi sem, konstans legjobb hondás, és ezt szerintem mindenki tudja, a hrc-nél is. ő kihozza amit a motorból ki lehet....egy fecske nem csinál nyarat, viszont egy hülye százat csinál...
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válasz
#70869248
#2233
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hát gp is dráma volt...
érdekes, hogy a repsoloknak hogy elfogytak a gumijai, nicky már a negyedik, ötödik körben dirtbájkozott, pedrosa meg.. húú de rohadtul sajnáltam, de neki se maradt már gumija, jól látszott lassításkor. minden esetre ha még kicsit erősödik, övé a jövő. amit ma művelt..
sztóner is hihetetlen, 20 éves, ahogy danny is.. nicky meg szerintem az idei év meglepetése, mint akit kicseréltek, kurva agresszív végre megint, odateszi magát kőkeményen, sajna az arcára volt írva a csalódottság, hogy nem tudott a gumik miatt az első helyért küzdeni.
meg necces is volt, mert rossi is megnyomta, még egy kör és megelőzi nickyt.
1 ponttal nicky vezeti a vb-t
asszem a hrc-nek bejön a kockáztatása, és az újoncok kezdik az eredményeket hozni....egy fecske nem csinál nyarat, viszont egy hülye százat csinál...
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válasz
#70869248
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gibi is már a múlt szvsz, ezek a fiatal srácok a jövő, előbb utóbb ezt minden mai öregnek bekell látnia, az idő vasfoga eljár felettük is. stoner lep meg igazán engem is, iszonyat összekapta magát. ha ehhez még azt is hozzáadom, hogy kb nullát tesztelt télen, aztán azt se tudta hogy kell időmérő gumival menni, majd második futamon pole, most meg második hely.. háááát, a srác tud valamit
a másik ami félelmetes, hogy ezek a v5-ös motorok 148kg. erre jut 260le legalább már. és ezzel esőben alig mentek lassabban mint szárazon. talán ha jól emlékszem 10-12 sec-kel lassabbakat mentek időmérőn. fenomén mindegyik asszem
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